iFindit Android App Helps The Homeless Get Off The Streets (VIDEO)

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iFindit collected a $10,000 app-contest grand prize for taking Chicago’s homeless from the streets, to food pantries, farmers’ markets, medical clinics and shelters.

The first of its kind, Apps For Metro Chicago Illinois provided contestants with about 200 data sets from government agencies and regional planning organizations, so they could develop applications that would improve residents’ lives, according to the contest’s website.

Elizabeth Park, founder of "iFindit,” nabbed a list of more than 2,500 resources for the homeless, so her application could help lower-income communities of Chicago that are increasingly gaining access to Androids, she said in a video interview.

"If a mother with kids is at a bus station and needs to find a food panty or a medical center for the uninsured...this app can give [that information] to her,” Park said.

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